Mark 6:39
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And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

1 Kings 10:5 And the meat of his table, and the apartments of his servants, and the order of his ministers, and their apparel, and the cupbearers, and the holocausts, which he offered in the house of the Lord, she had no longer any spirit in her;

Esther 1:5,6 And when the days of the feast were expired, he invited all the people that were found in Susan, from the greatest to the least: and commanded a feast to be made seven days in the court of the garden, and of the wood, which was planted by the care and the hand of the king. . . .

Matthew 15:35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.

1 Corinthians 14:33,40 For God is not the God of dissension, but of peace: as also I teach in all the churches of the saints. . . .

Context
The Feeding of the Five Thousand
38And he saith to them: How many loaves have you? go and see. And when they knew, they say: Five, and two fishes. 39And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass. 40And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.…
Cross References
Mark 6:38
And he saith to them: How many loaves have you? go and see. And when they knew, they say: Five, and two fishes.

Mark 6:40
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

Luke 9:14
Now there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

John 6:10
Then Jesus said: Make the men sit down. Now, there was much grass in the place. The men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand.

Lexicon
Then
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[Jesus] directed
ἐπέταξεν (epetaxen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2004: To give order, command, charge. From epi and tasso; to arrange upon, i.e. Order.

them
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

to have [the people] sit
ἀνακλῖναι (anaklinai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 347: To lay upon, lean against, lay down, make to recline; pass: I lie back, recline. From ana and klino; to lean back.

in groups
συμπόσια (symposia)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4849: A drinking party, festive company. Neuter of a derivative of the alternate of sumpino; a drinking-party, i.e. a room of guests.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

green
χλωρῷ (chlōrō)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5515: Green, pale green. From the same as Chloe; greenish, i.e. Verdant, dun-colored.

grass.
χόρτῳ (chortō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5528: Grass, herbage, growing grain, hay. Apparently a primary word; a 'court' or 'garden', i.e. herbage or vegetation.


Additional Translations
Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.

And He commanded them to make them all recline, groups by groups, on the green grass.

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies on the green grass.

And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.

And he ordered them to make them all sit down by companies on the green grass.

And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

So He directed them to make all sit down in companies on the green grass.

He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.

And he commanded them to make all recline in companies upon the green grass,
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